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Speak bigly and carry a soft stick 

Former President Donald Trump's guiding principle in foreign policy, as well as in the bedroom. The opposite of Teddy Roosevelt's "speak softly and carry a big stick".
"Diplomacy? Nah, I want to hurl insults at people on twitter! You know what I always say, speak bigly and carry a soft stick!
Donald Trump knows that Mitt Romney's late tax submission affected him bigly.
bigly by Words Engineer August 28, 2016
The adverb of the word "Big". Great sized, not huge, but definitely large.
That programme is bigly annoying.
She is bigly popular.
bigly by Gerard B July 29, 2008
When you're running for president and your penchant for hyperbole outpaces your command of the English language.
Trump is a moron. Bigly.
bigly by Manfish77 October 19, 2016
very large and big
your head kinda looks very BIGLY today!
Bigly by Your Co worker June 12, 2019
The adverb of the word "Big". Great sized, not huge, but definitely large.
That programme is bigly annoying.
She is bigly popular.
bigly by Gerard B April 23, 2006